32.0% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Welland · Suburb / Locality
Language in Welland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Welland than in the rest of the state. About 32% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in its category.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.6% of people, while Greek (12.1%) and Italian (4.8%) are also common. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 5.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the South Australian average.
5.9% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Welland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41560/welland/topic/language